I have done this as well and my oven doesn't go below 170. Set the oven at 170 for 5-10 minutes, turn it off and put the cookies in. The oven will be warm but not hot. And I can tell you from experience after purchasing a dehydrator that if you live in a very dry climate the dehydrator WILL dry your cookies out. Thanks for the great post and I LOVE your work!

I wonder if a convection oven would do the same thing. I have a conventional oven with a convection feature. With a convection oven, a fan distributes the heat evenly. I usually use fans to dry my cookies but I will try this.

Thank you for sharing Nadia. I am new at decorating cookies,and have a couple of questions. what are the next steps after the 15 minutes? Do we leave them on the counter to cool off? for how long? Also, can I keep them in a container in the refrigerator, for how long? I leave in the west coast of Florida. Thank you in advance for the help.

You are so amazing is so delightful watch your videos, I been watching many other channels but you are my favorite.I have several questions I'm using your recipes for cookies and for icing and I want to know how and for how long I can store icing and cookies also if I can store icing colored or white in the fridge.Thank you very much in advance.God Bless you

Thank you! I usually packed individually every cookie in cello bag and they stay fresh 2 weeks or more... in freezer for more then 3 month.My icing is very stiff so that why it’s stay fresh for one week out of fridge and 2-3 weeks in a fridge...